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` G. W. R.'BAYLEY.

Patented Deo. 29, 1868A.

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e. W. VBAYLEY, orAnciens,LOUISIANA.

Lette/rs 'Patent No. 85,357,

dated December 29, 1868.

IIVIP'ROVED RAILWAY-CHAIR.

Th .Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making parl-of the same.

To all whom it ma/y concern Be it known that I, G, R. BAYLEY, of Algiers, -in the pash 0f Orleans, and State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Joints; and I do'he'reby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, and tothe letters of reference marked thereon, like letters indicating like parts wherever they occur.

To enable others skilled in the art to construct and use my invention, I will proceed to describe it'.`

My invention relates to the joining of railroad-rails, or to the fastening of railroad-rail joints, where fishing-bars and screw-bolts are used to connect the ends of the rails; and

It consists in a novel method of constructing and proportioning the rail-joint chair, in relation to .the

"nuts of the rail-Joint bolts, in such a manner as to lock' them securely in place, and prevent them from working loose, as hereinafter more fully explained.

Figure l is a cross-section of a rail and its fastenin gs,

taken on the line :1o-x of iig. 2. e

Figm'e 2 is a side elevation of a rail at the joint, with the fastenings applied.

In constructing railroads it is desirable and common to unite the adjoining ends of the rails by means of splice-pieces, technically known as fishing-bars, which consist simply of two short ironv bars or plates, Ytttedto and placed, one on each side of the rails, between the head and base of the same, in such a position rasto llap over each way past the joint formed by the abutting of the end ofone rail against the end of another; these bars being secured to the rails by means of screwvbolts, there being at least one such bolt on each side of the joint, which pass from side to side, through the fishing-oars and the rail-ends. The heads of the bolts one side, and the nuts of the bolts, when screwed up, on the other side, clamp the shing-bars firmly to the rails, and preserve that continuity of line and surfacepast the `joint which is essential to smoothness of track.

In practice, however, it has been found extremely diticult to keep these iishing-bars tight upon the rails, for'the reason that the jar, vibrations, and blows resulting from the passage.` of locomotives and cars over the rail-joints, cause the loosening or unscrewing of the nuts on .the bolts, so that, after a time, the said nuts either Work ofi' entirely, or become so loose as to fail to hold the fishing-bars and rails snugly and rmly together.

Constant .watchfulness and labor are necessary to detect these loose nuts, and tighten them up, but the vscrew-threads soon become so worn Vthat the passage of each train loosensthe nuts and the rail-joint.

To remedythis diiculty. various devices have been. invented for the purpose of locking the nuts ofrailroadrail-joint bolts; but heretofore these devices have consisted of separate pieces, as wedges, pins, washers, Ste., or in new forms of bolts and nuts, and while some have failed entirely to accomplish the desired end, others are expensive, diiiicult to apply or maintain, or are obj'eetionable in other respects.

Now, my invention has for its object the accomplishmentof the desired end, to wit,securely locking the nuts of railroad-rail-joint bolts, so as to prevent them from ever working '.loose, without the use of any unusual, extra, or detachable pieces, or of new and unusual forms of bolts or nuts.

AIn order to accomplish this, I provide a chair, A; having a lip, B, formed on it, as represented in g. 1 this lip being of such a shape, size, length, and height,

that when the bolts D are inserted through the fishy ing-bars I and the. railsfC, and the nuts E are placed thereon and .screwed Anp. with their lower edges or sides in a horizontal'line, the upper edge or surface of the lip B shall come close up under the lower edges or sides of the nuts, and thus securely lock the latter, and prevent them from turning, as shown clearly in tgs. l and 2. f

Itis obvious that the general arrangement of the valious parts of this rail-joint fastening, and their respective dimensions and proportions, should be such as to secure the desired end.

The diameter of the nuts must be such that the space under them, between them and the base or` web of the' rails, will correspond to the form and dimensions, or height and lengthl of the lip of the chair B.

It is also obvious that the form anddimensions of the chair used, may be varied, and that it may have lips on both sides of the rail, if desired, provided, always, that the lip B, under thel nuts, be of such a length and height, and of such form as to lock said nuts, in the manner substantially as herein set forth and described.

It is also obvious that any desired number of bolts can be used, and that the nuts of all of them can be securely locked by the same means, the chair being made of sutlieient length to have its lip t under all the nuts. Also, the joint may be placed on the crosstie orsill, or between two of them.

It' preferred, the lip, instead of being formed in one continuous piece or elevation, as represented in iig. 2, may be formed in separate elevations, so located that oneslrall come under each nut, or each pair of nuts.

In applying my invention, the fishing-bars I are irst bolted to the rails C, and then the chair A is slipped or driven onaud under the rails C, thus bringing the lip B under the'nuts, as represented in the drawings. Afterwards the chair is secured to the cross-ties, sills, or timbers, by means of spikes, o1' otherwise.

While the chair remains in its proper position, it is obvious that the nuts oT the rail-joint bolts cannot be turned or removed; therefore, by these means, I lock the nuts securely in place, thus securing :L firm joint, in a1. simple und perfect manner, withontthe use of any separate locking-devices; V

I am aware that single und double-lipped chairs have been usodfur ruil-joints, und that single-lipped chairs have been used' with bolted joints, but such chairs have never been constructed in such n nimmer :is to admit of their boing used, nor have they @ver been used for the purposo of locking the joint-bolt nuts.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim, is-

1. So constructing audarranging the lip of' a. railway-joint chair, that it shztll t snugly under the nuts E ot' n bolted ruil-joint, und thereby lock the nuts, so :is to preventtheir turning or becoming loose, substantially as described.

2. 'lho combination of the lip B of n railway-joint chair, und the nuts E ot' the joint-bolts, substantially als described.

G. W. RQ BAY'LEY,

Witnesse Tiros. H. STEPHENS, ALFRED A. FUNLIER. 

